April 28, 2006

WHS girls grab NWC championship

The fog rolled thick through Jack Groce Stadium at Wednesday’s Northwestern 4-A Conference championship meet, at obscuring figures across the field and closer. By the end of the meet, the fog had not cleared but one thing was remarkably clear – Watauga’s girls’ team was the best in the conference.

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WHS captures golf win

ASHEVILLE — Their first-place performance Tuesday at Buncombe Municipal Golf Club may have been too little, too late, but don’t tell that to Watauga’s boys’ golf team.

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Hunter willing to play linebacker

At 6-foot-4, 240-pounds, Jason Hunter is the prototypical size for an NFL linebacker. Hunter also has excellent speed and can hit like a freight train.

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Pioneers ground Rockets

Watauga giveth and Watauga taketh away.  That was the lesson conference-leading A.C. Reynolds’ softball team learned Tuesday as the same team that started a winning streak for the Rockets a month ago ended it in Boone with a 6-3 victory.

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WHS clubs Cougars

TAYLORSVILLE — Watauga’s boys’ tennis team topped off its regular season with a 7-2 win at Alexander Central Tuesday as Northwestern 4-A Conference champs and with momentum heading into the postseason. But there is no time to be thinking about all that. “We haven’t really had an organized practice since Spring Break, so I’m more concerned with that,” Watauga coach Lyle Stevens said. “We really don’t have time to celebrate; we’ve got to go back and start playing again Monday.”

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Reynolds rolls past Pioneers

There were two storms that hit Watauga’s baseball field Tuesday night.

One dumped plenty of rain on the place, but the storm had no name.

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April 26, 2006

NWC invades Boone

Watauga’s track and field teams invited the rest of the Northwestern 4-A Conference to Boone for the NWC Championship Meet at Jack Groce Stadium, but are waiting for Wednesday to tidy up.

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Rogers headed north

TORONTO, Ont. — Following in the footsteps of former teammates Wayne Smith and DaVon Fowlkes, Nygel Rogers will showcase his talents in the Canadian Football League in 2006, as the Toronto Argonauts announced Monday they have agreed to terms with the former Appalachian State defensive back.

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Williams patient about draft

If you want to get in touch with Richie Williams on the first day of the NFL draft, don’t bother calling his house.

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ASU’s Glover earns honor

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Appalachian State junior Lindsay Glover was named the Southern Conference Softball Player of the Week Monday afternoon by the SoCon. A third baseman, Glover batted .545 with six hits in 11 at bats against Chattanooga.

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April 24, 2006

Furman’s wrecking crew
Sooner or later, Furman slugger Case Cassedy was going to doom Appalachian State. Though he opened the Paladins’ series with Appalachian State with three hits on Saturday, Cassedy saved his best for last. Cassedy went 5-for-6 and hit for the cycle with two home runs in Furman’s 17-11 victory in the second game of a doubleheader played Sunday at Red Lackey Field.

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Mocs take two of three from Apps
Appalachian State collected its share of hits in its first two games with Chattanooga this past weekend, but had no victories to show for it. That changed in the final game of the three-game series with the Mocs. Appalachian State belted out 18 hits and cruised to a 12-4 victory in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday at the Carroll Complex.

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Rockets invade Watauga
Watauga’s pitching staff was tested in Kinston during the Easter break and managed to pitch the Pioneers to two victories. However, it is highly unlikely that the Pioneers were ever tested like the exam that waits for them Tuesday.

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Unicoi hands WHS tough loss
Watauga’s softball team seemed to have left the bats at the beach when they returned to action Saturday in an 11-0 loss to Unicoi.

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